MOSCOW, Jan 28 Russian chess player Sergey Karyakin played a draw with Azerbaijani Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the game of the 11th round of the tournament in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). The game in which Karjakin played with black pieces ended on the 23rd move. Andrey Esipenko with black pieces on the 37th move brought the duel with the Swede Nils Grandelius to a draw , and the current world champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen played white with Vidit Gujrati from India. Russian Daniil Dubov contracted the coronavirus before the 11th round. He left the tournament, he will be credited with technical defeats in the remaining games. In the standings, Carlsen retains the lead with 7.5 points. Esipenko and Karjakin have 6 points each, they are in 5-8th places. The games of the penultimate round 12 will take place on Saturday. The tournament is attended by 14 grandmasters who play in a one-round format. The competition will end on January 30th.
